Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program

K-16 Teachers: Field experience/professional development in Chile

Summer 2024

CEAP 2024 applications are open! Selected ambassadors will attend a series of virtual meetings and online training to prepare for a nine-day Chile expedition. The nine-day expedition trip includes a behind-the-scenes visit to the ALMA, CTIO, Gemini facilities, as well as visits to smaller tourist-community observatories. For more information about eligibility and expedition details, please visit: https://buff.ly/3p7cJmL  
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Apply to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) National Summer Teacher Institute 
Application Deadline: Sunday, March 31, 2024
Event Dates: July 21-26, 2024;   Location: Alexandria, VA
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• Work with USPTO experts, inventors, and teacher ambassadors to explore IP, innovation, and STEM concepts: creativity, problem solving and critical thinking, and collaboration and teamwork.
• Design and build prototypes as part of a week-long invention project.
• Learn how to engage students in authentic, real-world projects and problem-based learning across all fields of study.
• Collaborate and share best practices with educators from across the country.
• Receive free, ready-to-use, educator-tested teaching materials, lesson plans, and activities to take back to your classroom.

June 17-21, 2024 (weather permitting)

Spend 5 days on Frying Pan Tower! You will:

Conduct Research. Collect real-time chemical and physical oceanography data on pH, temperature, wind speed, tidal data and salinity!

Improve your education craft. Create new lesson plans and join in for curriculum development for marine biology programs while learning new activities for your class.

Grow in science knowledge. Participate in ornithology, animal behavior, meiofauna collection, plankton tows, and ocean acidification activities. Operate the ROV submersible and observe the resident sharks. View the night sky with the Dwarf II telescope.

If interested, complete this pre application

Questions? Contact Dr. Erika Young at NC Sea Grant, erika_young@ncsu.edu.

CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR TEACHERS (BIORETS) PROGRAM

Application Deadline: March 15, 2024
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Middle-level and high-school STEM teachers with at least a year of classroom experience can spend six weeks during the summer at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, New York, conducting research in ecology with Cary scientists. A culminating in-person, two-day writing workshop will support teachers in publishing their work, and four virtual school-year follow-up sessions will be held to support implementation of new curriculum. Paid travel and housing are available for out-of-area teachers, and educators will receive an $8,800 stipend for full participation.

Teachers who work with historically marginalized and underserved students, and/or work in under-resourced schools, including those in rural and urban communities, are especially encouraged to apply.

Application Deadline: March 4, 2024
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Spend three weeks (June 10–28) at the Exploratorium in San Francisco learning how to introduce more inquiry into your classroom. Collaborate with other teachers to deepen your own practice, build content knowledge, and support a more equitable learning environment. Explore natural phenomena related to human perception, physical science, life science, Earth science, and the environment. Engage in activities that promote noticing, wondering, and experimenting so you can build understanding and create equitable and anti-racist science classrooms.

Applicants must be current in-classroom science teachers of grades 6–12 and should have at least three years’ experience teaching science in a classroom. Educators of color and educators working in public schools, especially Title I schools, are encouraged to apply.

The Summer Institute is free of charge; attendees pay only for travel, food, and lodging. Each participant will be awarded a $2,500 stipend after completing the institute. Six graduate-level semester units of continuing education credits are available for a fee.

Application Deadline: Monday, March 4, 2024
Dates of Institute: Sunday, July 21-Saturday, July 27, 2024
High school teachers are invited to apply for a one-week, all-expenses-paid institute on the beautiful coast of Maine.
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Teachers will:

• explore the inequitable impacts of climate change
• be inspired by sharing best practices for teaching climate equity
• build community
• converse with scientists
• enjoy the tranquility of Maine woods and seashore
• leave with a renewed sense of hope and purpose about making a difference!
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The National Marine Sanctuaries Webinar Series provides educators, students, and the interested public with educational and scientific expertise, resources and training to support ocean and climate literacy. This series generally targets formal and informal educators that are engaging students (elementary through college) in formal classroom settings, as well as members of the community in informal educational venues (e.g. after school programs, science centers, aquariums, etc.). However, the series is open to anyone interested in the topics listed below.

Webinars are revolving: Go here for more details on the webinar schedule. 

Participants will be immersed in the operations and technology of a modern working observatory and learn about the discoveries that will be enabled by Rubin Observatory and NOIRLab telescopes. Participants will explore the Rubin and NOIRLab classroom activities that make use of authentic data.

Dates: Monday, June 17 through Friday, June 21, 2024

For more information and the complete schedule, please go to: https://rubinobservatory.org/events/summer-stars-teaching-astronomy-with-rubin-observatory

The deadline to apply for this workshop is March 11, 2024.
Apply for the workshop: https://forms.gle/ztWzbQRmbpm5XrGR9

APPLICATION DEALDLINE: March 22, 2024

Project Atmosphere is accepting Summer 2024 Applications Now.

Educators of K-12: STIPEND AVAILABLE, ON-SITE, HOUSING & TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED. 

The American Meteorological Society leads a comprehensive teacher professional development course rooted in the atmospheric sciences. It is directed toward improving teacher effectiveness in generating interest and understanding in science, technology, and mathematics among pre-college students.

Pre-residence online work: July 8-20, 2024
On-site residence experience: July 21-27, 2024
Post-residence online work: July 28-August 8, 2024

National Weather Service Training Center (NWSTC)
Kansas City, Missouri

APPLICATION DEALDLINE: April 21, 2024

The GLWFC is a 4-day professional development experience for teachers from throughout the Great Lakes region. It takes place from August 6-9, 2024 in Suttons Bay, MI on the beautiful shores of Lake Michigan. Training in the course includes watershed and environmental concepts, place based education and environmental education pedagogy, and time for curriculum development.

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• Applications due: April 21, 2024
• Scholarship and housing available.